Having faced a barrage of abuse and general silliness from Twitter users who took the #AskThicke hashtag to their hearts, the Blurred Lines singer went ahead and answered some of the more sensible questions submitted to the VH1 event.

‘I can handle it, I’m a big boy,’ he told one user who pointed out the questions had been ‘brutal’.

Meanwhile he took a similarly laid-back approach when asked about the controversy surrounding Blurred Lines and new album Paula, saying simply: ‘What controversy? Hahaha.’

Here are some of the other questions – only a handful, from the looks of it – that VH1 were able to ask Robin, and unsusprisingly ex-wife Paula Patton seems to feature a fair amount…

Because "Beatrice" didn't have the same ring to it RT @VH1Music Why did you name your new album "Paula"? #AskThicke